Stove-pipe shelf



(No Model.)

(1. W. TAYLOR.

STOVE PIPE SHELF. No. 349,239. Patented Sept. 14; 1886.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS,

INVENTOR.

EJNI'TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES TAYLOR, OF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE,

STOVE-PIPE SHELF.

BPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,239, datedSeptember 14,1886.

Serial No. 159,565. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Portsmouth, in the county ofRockingham and State ofNew Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStove- Pipe Shelves; and I do hereby declare that the following isafull, c1ear,and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a partofthis specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view,partly in section, showing my improved stove-pipe shelf in position uponthe pipe. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through thefastening clip or band, and Fig. 3 is a perspectivebot tom view of theshelf detached.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to stovepipe shelves; audit consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter.

flexible metallic strap or band adapted to be fitted around the pipe,and provided at its ends with outwardly-extending lugs C 0, connectedwith one or more bolts, D, the nuts E upon which may be tightened so asto clamp the band securely upon the pipe.

F is a cross-piece or bracket, which is socurely bolted or riveted tothe front side of the band B by means of the bolt I, and provided at itsends with horizontal sockets G G. This cross-piece may be made ofcast-iron or other metal, or it may be made of sheet metal having itsends bent to form the sockets.

H designates the shelf, which is prefer. bly made of cast-iron in anysuitable shape or pattern. The bottom of the shelf near its rear edge isprovided with downwardly and rearwardly extending lugs or tines J J, toenter the sockets G G of the holding or supporting bracket.

The operation of this invention and its advantages will be readilyunderstood i'rom the foregoing description taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed. The clip or band B,withils holding-bracket,having once been attached to the stove-pipe, the shelf may be readilyand instantly attached to or removed from the same by simply insertingthe lugs J J into the sockets G G or drawing them out. The clip or bandbeing flexible may be attached to stove-pipes of different sizes orshapes, and the entire device is simple, inexpensive, and easilyappliedor removed, as oocasion may require.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In a stove-pipe shelf, thecombination of a flexible clampingbaud, a horizontal bracket securedthereto, the ends of which are provided with horizontal'sockets, and ashelf, the bottom of which nearits rear edge is provided with downwardlyand rearwal'dly extending lugs fitting in said sockets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

THOMAS E. BLAKE, ALBION W.- HOYT.

